Beginning of the UN investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

SyuzhetyUbiystvo Benazir Bhutto01.10.2008Spetskomissiya UN investigates murder BhuttoKomissiya UN formed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, the July 1 start of the work reported at BBC News.
As previously announced, the investigation will last six months. In July, a commission of three people to arrive in Pakistan, and the outcome of the investigation will submit a report to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. The commission is chaired by the representative of Chile to the UN Geraldo Mundos. In addition Mundosa to include former Attorney General Marzuki Darusman of Indonesia and the Irishman Peter Fitzgerald, former head of a commission of inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, done in 2005.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Rem Malik said that the UN considers necessary to establish not only the perpetrators attack that killed Benazir Bhutto, but the organizers and those who financed the murder. Malik suggested that the assassination of Bhutto was Pakistan's attempt to collapse.
The attacks, which killed Benazir Bhutto, was committed by 27 December 2007 during a rally in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. This happened two weeks before the general election. The opposition accused the Pakistani secret services in the assassination attempt. Were subsequently arrested five suspects in the case, and in October 2008 was announced the death of the alleged organizer of the assassination of heads of the extremist organization "Terik-e-Taliban Baytolly Mehsuda.

Found the body of Yemeni passengers Airbus.

Continuing: vyzhivshy one discovered in the Yemeni Airbus crash
SyuzhetyKatastrofa Airbus A310-300 from the Indian Ocean Comoros ostrovov30.06.2009V body found pogibshihNa ground collapse Airbus A310-300 airline Yemenia Airways discovered the bodies, reports AFP referring to the representative of the Yemeni civil aviation. The number of bodies found not specified. Rescue services have already begun to evacuate the dead from the disaster. Earlier, rescuers reported the discovery of the wreckage samoleta.Na board a ship coming from Yemen, the Comoros, had 11 crew and 142 passengers, among them - three children. For passenger aircraft, as reported by news agencies, were mostly citizens of the Union of the Comoros, as well as French, as well as Airbus followed connecting flight from Paris. In the area of the archipelago, where the crash occurred, were sent to two French military aircraft and one ship.
Aircraft accident occurred early in the morning of June 30. Representatives of the airline reported that weather conditions in the vicinity of the collapse were harsh: in particular, the strength of the wind reached 17 meters per second. The plane fell into the Indian Ocean in about one hour before the scheduled landing in Moroni, capital of the Comoros.

In the fall of the lift in Krakow killed three people.

In the fall of the lift in the company on sale of hoisting devices in Krakow killed three people, said Gazeta.Pl.
Three men - two officers and a representative of the technical inspections - were on the platform of the lift at a height of 10 meters and drop to the ground were killed.
As the press-secretary of the regional rescue service Sekanka Andrzej (Andrzej Siekanka), currently the most likely cause of the accident is considered to be technical failure of the lift.

Europe returned to the shelves "ugly" fruit and vegetables.

Since July 1 the EU lifting of over 20 years, a ban on the sale of vegetables and fruit, irregular in terms of standard forms, reports BBC News.
The curve of carrot, cucumber formations, knobby potatoes and more than 20 kinds of vegetables and fruits, the only drawback being the discrepancy standard form, once again took their places on the shelves of European supermarkets.
At the same time, for ten species of fruit and vegetables, which occupy about 75 percent of the market, stringent requirements of the standards maintained. Exemplary form of an obligation to preserve apples, citrus, kiwi, lettuce, peaches and nectarines, strawberries, sweet peppers, grapes and tomatoes.
However, under the new arrangements, the implementation in this top ten "wrong" with the appropriate fruit can notice the buyer. For example, marking their plate for further processing. "
Earlier, about 20 percent of agricultural products do not reach on the shelves of European supermarkets because of inconsistencies forms fruit standards. Representatives of trade networks said the new rules will provide greater choice of products for those who wish to save the Europeans.

Al-Qaeda threatened to take revenge on Sarkozy for a ban on the veil.

Representatives of the North unit of terrorist network al-Qaeda threatened to take revenge on France if the law prohibiting the wearing of the veil in this country, reported AFP. What action would the terrorists did not specify.
Statement by Al-Qaeda following the speech, Nicolas Sarkozy on 22 June before the parliamentarians in Versailles, during which French President has called the wearing of the veil "a manifestation of slavery" and called for the adoption of a law banning the veil in the country.
In 2004, the French Government passed a law banning Muslim head scarf to wear - the hijab - in public schools. The Government's decision has caused outrage among the Muslim community. At that time, a number of Islamic extremist organizations threatened the French attacks.

With the explosion in Iraq's Kirkuk killed 26 people.

KommentariiMoment istiny30.06.2009Amerikanskie troops withdrew from Iraqi gorodovV result of the terrorist attack that occurred on 30 June in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, 26 people were killed and 56 wounded, sends agency AFP, referring to Iraqi police.

A few days earlier in Kirkuk there is another major terrorist attack: the bombing of mined truck killed 70 people and around 200 injured.

The attacks take place against the backdrop of the operation is complete for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities and the transfer of control of the Iraqi army and police.

In accordance with the terms of the US-Iraq agreement U.S. troops were to withdraw from Iraqi cities until June 30. The agreement also stipulates the time frame of American troops complete withdrawal from the country - the end of 2011.

However, even after the withdrawal of troops in Iraq will remain between 35 and 50 thousand American soldiers who, according to representatives of the United States will continue to engage in the fight against terrorism, but will also assist in training Iraqi security forces.

Entered into force visa-free regime between Russia and Hong Kong.

From 1 July 2009 entered into force on a visa-free regime between Russia and the PRC Administrative Region of Hong Kong, transfers in the environment agency "Interfax".
In the Hong Kong Tourism Board explained that the Russians and the Hong Kong residents who do not plan to work, study or reside in the territory of another country are exempted from the requirement to obtain a visa if the stay does not exceed 14 days.
As the executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Anthony Lau, Hong Kong in 2008, attended by nearly 14 percent more Russian citizens than in 2007. The authorities intend to stimulate the region's inbound tourism from Russia, so in addition to simplifying the rules for border crossing, a lot of work on introduction of Russian language in the service of tourists.
Remember, a visa-free regime with different restrictions for Russian tourists already in place in Serbia, Montenegro, Thailand, Israel, Venezuela, Argentina, as well as in some CIS countries.

The Iraqi city passed under the protection of local troops.

Since 30 June the protection of security of Iraq will deal with local military personnel, reported AFP. U.S. troops leave Iraq.
In Baghdad and other cities, additional security measures that should prevent the activation of fighters: for example, on the streets of Baghdad there are extra police patrols and introduced a temporary ban on the movement of motorcycles, because over the past few months, suicide bombers have arrived at the place of terrorist attacks on two transportation.
The Civil Defense in Baghdad Takhsin al-Sheyhli said that the Iraqi people welcome the opportunity to defend himself. Evening on Monday in Baghdad have been celebrating the withdrawal of American troops. The former building of the Ministry of Defense was once again transferred to the Iraqi government.
Note that in the last month at the hands of terrorists killed hundreds of Iraqis. As a result of a truck explosion mined in Kirkuk on 20 June killed 72 people and wounding 200 more.
The total number of Iraqi troops and police is 175 thousand people. By mid-June in Iraq remained 131 thousand American soldiers: the withdrawal of troops must be fully completed before the end of 2011.

Captain crashed Airbus Yemeni found alive.

KommentariiVtoroy for mesyats30.06.2009Aerobus with 142 passengers on board fell into the Indian okeanSyuzhetyKatastrofa Airbus A310-300 from the Comoros ostrovov30.06.2009Samolet was inspected a month before avariiKapitan crashed the morning of June 30, from the Comoros Airbus A310 - 300 Hadzheb Khalid (Khalid Hajeb) found living in the area of crash, said Yemen Post. Details of detection Airbus Captain Khalid Hadzheba not shown.
To clarify this edition Yemen Post, in a plane crash as a child survived a five-year (previously, it was reported that his age - 2-3 years).
Airplane Company Yemenia Airways crashed during a flight from the capital Sanaa in Yemen, Comoros. On board were 11 crew and 142 passengers, including three children. According to the Yemen Post, on the plane were citizens of Yemen, France, Palestine, Canada, Morocco, the Philippines, Indonesia, Ethiopia and Great Comore.
Causes of the crash is not yet known. According to preliminary data, they could be adverse weather conditions or technical issues.
So far, rescue teams working in the area of the fall, found the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of three dead. The search led rescuers from Yemen. From France to the place of accident sent two military ships and aircraft with divers and doctor on board.

Germany has suspended the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon.

SyuzhetyRatifikatsiya the Treaty of Lisbon 06.05.2009Cheshsky Parliament approved the Lisbon dogovorFederalny Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe on 30 June declared the Lisbon treaty with the relevant Basic Law of Germany, but postponed its ratification by requesting some amendments to the legislation, reports Der Spiegel .

Meanwhile, the so-called accompanying the law regulating the participation of the National Parliament of Germany in the adoption of pan-European solutions, was deemed inconsistent with the Basic Law of the court.

The judges ruled that under the Lisbon treaty to replace the single European constitution, the German parliament - the Bundestag and the Bundesrat - should be given more rights.

As the Financial Times Deutschland, the Constitutional Court concluded that the EU is short of democracy and the powers of national parliaments should be strengthened.

For the amendment expands the rights of parliament, the Bundestag deputies would be forced to interrupt the summer leave and meet in extraordinary session. In the first reading amendments to be considered at the end of August, and finally accepted until 27 September.

Recall that, for the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty must be ratified by all 27 EU members. To date, the contract has not yet been ratified by four countries: Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Ireland. In doing so, the Irish had previously been the failure of the referendum on the Lisbon Agreement and the fall of 2009, will vote again.

Italian rescuers found the victim fourteenth gas explosion.

Up to 14 people has increased the number of casualties from the gas tank explosion that occurred on the night of June 30, in the Italian town of Viareggio, passes on the night of Wednesday, the Italian agency ANSA.
The morning on Tuesday reported ten dead. During the day, three died in hospital from his injuries, a fourteenth victim was found by rescuers when parsing the rubble of a house destroyed by an explosion.
On the spot visits of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. He said that should hold the evacuation of all buildings in the area and promised to restore "one hundred percent of the destroyed houses."
The explosion, according to latest figures, 36 people injured. Most of them are heavy burns to 80 percent of body surface. In Viareggio declared a state of emergency, the authorities promise to finish the review of debris by mid-afternoon Wednesday.
Remember, with the gas tank exploded after some cars off the rails. According to Berlusconi, the incident occurred "because of a passing scooter, but he was not told the details of this release. Investigation of the circumstances of an accident in progress, added the agency.

Franco denied the honor posthumously.

City Council of Madrid has deprived the dictator Francisco Franco, died in 1975, honorary mayor, and "foster son," the capital of Spain, reports Reuters. In addition, to deal with advisers, Franco also denied all received medals and awards.
"Now, the capital of Spain is free from the glorification of dictators," - said the representative of the Left in the City Council of Madrid, Milagros Hernández.
In 2007, the Spanish government issued a decree to rename the street named in honor of the dictator, the elimination of monuments and memorial boards dedicated to him and his associates. The last monument to Franco, was dismantled in the city of Melilla, in March 2009.
At the same time in Spain continues to operate the Fund of Francisco Franco, who fought for the restoration of abandoned statues of the dictator.
General Francisco Franco came to power in 1936 through a military coup, which resulted in the Spanish civil war started between the putschists - supporters pravoradikalnyh views - and the leftist government-supported countries. The war ended in 1939, the victory of the troops of Francisco Franco and the establishment of the country's dictatorial fascist regime. During World War II, working with Germany and Italy, Spain, however, officially maintained a military neutrality.
Franco ruled the country until his death in 1975. All this time in Spain continued repression against members of leftist parties.

Czech Jewish cemetery desecrated.

To the east of the Czech Republic vandals desecrated the old Jewish cemetery, the Associated Press, referring to the representative of the Jewish community, the country Yaroslava Klenovskogo.
According to him, the incident occurred on June 28, Sunday, at the cemetery in the small town of Ostrog Uherské, 280 kilometers from Prague. As a result of the actions of hooligans 63 gravestones (a total of 300) were reversed, some burial sites have been divided.
Klenovsky said that the cemetery was opened in 1862 and now it does not perform the burial. Investigation of the circumstances surrounding the incident took police. Does the investigation the suspects were reported.
The Agency notes that the cemetery was desecrated in the day when the Czech Republic held a meeting with the survivors of the Holocaust of Jews, members of the Jewish community, as well as government representatives in more than 50 countries around the world.
At a meeting held in Prague on the question of whether the effective efforts made by the return of property and valuables stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War to their rightful owners or heirs.

Survivors in the Airbus crash was a child.

SyuzhetyKatastrofa Airbus A310-300 from the Comoros ostrovov30.06.2009Obnaruzheny the bodies of three pogibshihChelovekom, who was found alive after the accident Airbus A310-300 off the coast of the Comoros Islands, was a child, reports AFP. Now he is in a rescue boat. AP said that the child is 2-3 years (информагентство uses the word toddler).
Red Cross in the Comoros has confirmed the information about saving a child and stated that it has everything necessary to assist him. Neither sex nor nationality survivor does not specify.
Airplane Company Yemenia Airways flying from the capital Sanaa in Yemen, Comoros, and fell into the Indian Ocean just before landing. On board were 11 crew and 142 passengers. We know that 66 people were citizens of France: they sat on board the aircraft A330-200 in Paris and Marseille, then in Sana'a, carried on board the A310-300.Ranee became known that the collapse in the area discovered the plane wreckage and the bodies of three dead. Searches are Yemeni rescue services, as well as two French military aircraft and korabl.V as a possible cause of crash identified adverse weather conditions, as well as technical issues. Minister of Transport of France announced that in 2007, the aircraft is being tested, which were found many faults. After that, he was forbidden to fly over its territory.

The Chinese media called the cause of train crash in Hunan Province.

The cause of train crash in southern China, where the victims were three men, was a failure of one of the brake system of passenger trains, informs Associated Press referring to the Chinese media.
A collision of two passenger trains took place on 28 June at 21:30 Moscow time in the city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. A subsequent to the city of Shenchzhen passenger refused brakes, and he went to meet coming from Shenchzhenya passenger trains.
As a result of the collision car trains off the rails and destroyed the wall is located near the railway line of two houses. One of them killed a woman and her child, the circumstances of the death of the third victim's information is not available.
As a result of the collision injured 63 people. In critical condition are two of the victims. The investigation is continuing, but the agency notes that more detailed information from the Chinese officials is not yet possible.

Rescuers find wreckage of crashed Airbus Yemeni.

Continuing: Yemeni passengers found the body Airbus
Rescuers leading the search for the wreck of Airbus A310-300 Yemeni airline, saw the wreckage from the plane, who are on the water surface in the projected impact area of the Airbus Comoros.
Information about the passenger Airbus yet. On board the plane, coming from the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in the capital Moroni, Comoros Islands, located 153: 11 crew and 142 passengers, including three young children.
As previously reported, it was a connecting flight from Paris, so the majority of passengers - the citizens of France and the Comoros. Shortly after the accident in the crash area were sent to two French military aircraft and one ship.
Of the projected due to the collapse of Airbus yet, but the Yemenia Airways said that weather conditions were bad: the wind in the vicinity of the airport reached 17 meters per second. The plane fell early in the morning of June 30, according to preliminary data, in the 5-10 km from the coast.
June 1, fell into the Atlantic Airbus A330-200 airline Air France, on board were 228 people. Rescuers found 51 bodies of the deceased.

Husband president of Argentina resigned from the post of head of the ruling party.

Ex-President of Argentina and the husband of current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor Kirchner, has resigned from the post of head of the ruling Hustisialistskoy (Peronistskoy) party, wrote on Tuesday, June 30, Argentina La Nacion . The reason for his resignation, the party was defeated in parliamentary elections, has lost the majority in both houses of parliament.
About Kirchner has announced his resignation in televised shortly after the election results became known. "When the result is not consistent with the expectations that we have at that time were ... We believe that this should lead to a qualitative improvement in policy, and therefore I strongly refuse to guide the party", - quotes the words of the Argentine Kirchner edition.
The new head of the party on the proposal Kirchner will become its former vice-chairman Daniel Skioli (Daniel Scioli), governor of Buenos Aires. According to the results of past elections Skioli was elected to Parliament, but promised to give up the mandate for the preservation of the deputy governor.
Parliamentary elections were held in Argentina on Sunday, June 28. As writes The New York Times, Hustisialistkaya the party managed to gain only 29.6 per cent of the vote. This Kirshner, who fought for the parliamentary seat in Buenos Aires, fell out of Parliament, losing to businessman Francisco de Narvaesu (Francisco de Narvaez).
According to the publication, the defeat of the ruling party in the elections are regarded by many as a result of falling popularity of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, won the presidential election in 2007. Since she became president, its rating fell nearly 30 percent.

Airplane A-310 Yemeni airline crashed into the Indian Ocean.

Airplane Yemeni airlines on board, according to preliminary data, were 150 people, fell into the Indian Ocean, reported CNN. According to aviation authorities in Yemen, the plane crashed an hour before the scheduled landing in the capital of the Comoros - the city of Moroni.

Police Comoros Reuters in an interview also confirmed that the plane crashed in the ocean. In doing so, they reported that the Comoros do not have the means necessary to carry out rescue operations in the water.

Agency Associated Press, contact a representative of the airport capital of Yemen, from where it departed the plane crashed, said that cruise passengers were mostly citizens of the Comoros islands, returning from Paris. At the same time representatives of the airport could not mention the number of passengers and crew members aboard the plane.

No other details of the accident has not yet been clarified, we know only that the wreck of the aircraft - A-310-300 airline Yemenia Airways - followed from the capital of Yemen, Sana'a, the capital of Comoros, Moroni.

On board the crashed aircraft Yemenia Airways were French citizens.

Continuing: In search of fallen Yemeni directed the French Airbus planes
Among passenger aircraft A310-300 Yemeni airline Yemenia Airways, crashed in the Comoros, have been citizens of France, the AFP, referring to representatives of the Paris airport of Charles de Gaulle.

Yemen airline told they served connecting flight. The morning of Monday, June 29, passengers flew from Paris to Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, on the A330-200 aircraft of Yemenia Airways. In Sana'a, passengers connecting flights moved to A310-300 and departed to Moroni, the capital of the Comoros. An hour before the scheduled landing in Moroni plane disappeared from radar screens. Authorities island nation later told that the plane fell into the Indian Ocean.

In the name of the airport of Charles de Gaulle in Paris, organized by the headquarters to assist the relatives of the passengers flying flight Yemenia Airways.

The number of passengers and crew members aboard the aircraft, differ. For example, Reuters, referring to representatives of Yemenia Airways announced that on board were 142 passengers, citizens of France and the Comoros Islands, and 11 crew members. AFP, referring to representatives of the airport of Charles de Gaulle said about 147 passengers.

1 June, 2009 aircraft A330-300 of Air France, en route to the airport of Charles de Gaulle from Rio de Janeiro, crashed over the Atlantic Ocean. All 228 people on board the airliner, died.

The number of victims of the blast tank with gas in Italy had risen to 10 people.

The number of victims of the explosion of two gas tanks, which occurred on the night of June 30, in the Italian town of Viareggio, increased up to 10 people, reported ANSA. Among the dead one child. Previously, it was aware of the six victims. 50 people injured, 35 of them (on other data - 37) received serious injuries - burns to 90 per cent of the tela.Katastrofa, after some of the cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas, off the track (on different data - from one to five). Gas managed to spread to the surrounding area before you explode. As a result, two small buildings near the track completely devastated. Rescuers remove from under the rubble of three children and an adult man. The quest continues: in one of the buildings were 18 people, how many of the other, it is not yet clear. According to AFP, the explosion damaged dozens of buildings located within a radius of 300 meters from the epicenter.
Firemen at the scene, cool unexploded tank. Rescuers and police are helping more than 100 dobrovoltsev.Gorod in Viareggio in Tuscany, in the province of Lucca, 20 km north-west of Pisa, where the composition.